1991 Orix BlueWave Roster
Team Record: 64-63
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Shozo Doi (64-63)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium
The Orix BlueWave of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1991 season with a record of 64 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The BlueWave scored 554 runs and conceded 557 runs. Satoshi Takahashi led Orix with 23 home runs, while Greg Wells, Kazuhiko Ishimine and Yasuo Fujii each walloped 15 or more also. Kazuhiko Ishimine recorded 85 runs batted in. Hiromi Matsunaga paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .314 average. Nobuyuki Hoshino topped the team with 16 wins, and Atsunori Ito recorded a 3.08 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1991 Orix BlueWave who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Guy Hoffman, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Don Schulze and Greg Wells.
Shozo Doi served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasuo Fujii | L | R | July 7, 1962 | 5'11" | 178 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP |
| Tsuyoshi Fujimoto | S | R | May 1, 1971 | 6'0" | 185 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Hiromasa Fujita | R | R | October 3, 1961 | 5'9" | 180 | Susuno, Shizuoka JP |
| Mineo Fukuhara | R | R | September 20, 1957 | 5'10" | 176 | Sumida Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Junichi Fukura | R | R | May 28, 1960 | 5'9" | 160 | Kitaura-cho, Miyazaki JP |
| Katsuyuki Furumizo | L | L | November 14, 1963 | 5'11" | 193 | Fukushima, Fukushima JP |
| Shigetoshi Hasegawa | R | R | August 1, 1968 | 5'11" | 160 | Kobe, JP |
| Guy Hoffman | L | L | July 9, 1956 | 5'9" | 175 | Ottawa, IL US |
| Nobuyuki Hoshino | L | L | January 31, 1966 | 6'0" | 162 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido JP |
| Tomiji Iizuka | R | R | September 1, 1962 | 6'0" | 187 | Aso-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Kazuhiko Ishimine | R | R | January 10, 1961 | 5'8" | 165 | Naha, Okinawa JP |
| Atsunori Ito | R | R | May 29, 1963 | 5'10" | 162 | Chita, Aichi JP |
| Takahide Ito | R | R | October 21, 1963 | 6'0" | 171 | Kita Shitara-gun, Aichi JP |
| Hisanori Iwasaki | R | R | April 4, 1968 | 5'10" | 165 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Yasuhiro Kawabata | R | R | July 27, 1966 | 5'11" | 180 | Sumoto, Hyogo JP |
| Naoyuki Kazaoka | R | R | January 24, 1968 | 5'9" | 158 | Kasugai, Aichi JP |
| Yuichi Kiyohara | L | L | May 23, 1969 | 5'10" | 190 | Higashikuni, Oita JP |
| Terumitsu Kumano | L | R | August 28, 1957 | 5'7" | 165 | Kida-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Hiromi Matsunaga | S | R | September 27, 1960 | 5'11" | 171 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Toyozo Minamimure | R | R | December 9, 1960 | 5'10" | 162 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Koji Mori | L | L | January 1, 1962 | 5'10" | 160 | Nakamura, Kochi JP |
| Atsuhiro Motonishi | R | R | May 15, 1962 | 5'9" | 165 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Shinichi Murakami | L | R | July 13, 1963 | 5'8" | 160 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Satoshi Nakajima | R | R | March 27, 1969 | 6'0" | 181 | Kita Akita-gun, Akita JP |
| Hirofumi Ogawa | R | R | March 6, 1967 | 5'8" | 171 | Tateyama, Chiba JP |
| Ko Saito | R | R | November 25, 1957 | 5'11" | 176 | Nishiwaki, Hyogo JP |
| Tadahiro Sakaemura | L | R | September 10, 1961 | 5'8" | 154 | Makurazaki, Kagoshima JP |
| Tsutomu Sakai | R | R | June 27, 1963 | 5'11" | 171 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Kazuhiro Sato | L | R | December 3, 1964 | 5'10" | 170 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshinori Sato | R | R | September 11, 1954 | 5'11" | 190 | Okushiri-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Don Schulze | R | R | September 27, 1962 | 6'3" | 215 | Roselle, IL US |
| Minoru Shibahara | L | L | August 6, 1960 | 5'9" | 176 | Bizen, Okayama JP |
| Koji Takagi | L | L | May 10, 1968 | 6'0" | 181 | Asahi, Chiba JP |
| Satoshi Takahashi | R | R | January 26, 1967 | 6'4" | 215 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Shinji Watanabe | R | R | September 8, 1963 | 5'11" | 180 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Greg Wells | R | R | April 25, 1954 | 6'5" | 218 | McIntosh, AL US |
| Yoshihiro Yamakoshi | R | R | February 20, 1963 | 5'11" | 165 | Uji, Kyoto JP |
| Masafumi Yamamori | R | R | November 26, 1960 | 5'10" | 165 | Shimomashiki-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Yukihiko Yamaoki | R | R | July 26, 1959 | 6'3" | 198 | Hata-gun, Kochi JP |
| Minoru Yano | R | R | April 21, 1959 | 6'0" | 187 | Ashiya, Hyogo JP |
| Keijiro Yumioka | R | R | June 28, 1958 | 5'8" | 154 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
